decouplement

Definitions

The act of decoupling; disengagement.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Though there is open⟳ discussion of the risk⟳ of American decouplement from Europe, that is not a grave risk⟳ at present⟳; what is a risk⟳ is the existing couplement of superpower conflicts with the potential sacrifice of Europe.”

“The specter of decouplement is that of disjoining a future war in Europe from the American nuclear deterrent, with which Europeans want⟳ to prevent⟳ an attack on Europe altogether rather than to hold⟳ the deterrent in reserve⟳ until it could deter nothing but a Soviet nuclear attack on the United States itself.”

“He saw⟳ an opening for such a decouplement if “deference to western episteme” could be removed from the development picture.”

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